The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-02

sumep, the fret bill to be introduced
will be the sugar Ration reform
measure, which DR.. jacob, Minister
of the Impsra Treasury, promised to
have ready before the spirit con-
sumers' bill.
TIE tUNDAY LABOR cJMMI;sIoN,
after a long delay, has completed its
report, whichis very voluminous, com
prisiug evidence given by all ola SEES
OF employers :and workmen. The re-
port, which will be issued soon, will
be sutject of discussion in the
Reichstag, bat it is impossible thai it
will be made the basis Of legislation
this session.
The Reichstsg committee OF
THE BILL RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL BUT
TER
has adopted motion that the artifi'
cial article must be called, not butter,
but nara inc, and must not be col.
ored to initiate genuine butter. The
e ne for violation of the act, which
was originally $50 marks, has been
raised to 1000 marks. The new law is
TO go into operation in October. The
Prussisn estimate OF supplementary
expenditures presented to the Land
tag asks for IL 296,S2 marks for the
increased matricular contribution OF
Prussia to the Empire, and 1878, 260
marks for the purchase OF pri vate rail-
ways. Analysis of
THE RETURNS FOR THE RECENT KLKo-
TIoNs
OF members OF the Reichstsg issued by
the Bureau of Statistics, shows thai
the candidates comprising the govern.
ment majority obtained a total Of
3,6l7,3i6 votes, whereas the minority
poled 3,9lO,2S5 votes. The maj GRITTY
owe their position to the unequal dis
tribution of the electoral areas. The
Conservatives polled 1,160,S69 votes;
I Free Conservatives, i45, 1873; National
Liberals I'LL, 069; New German Lib
erals, 986,517; Centrists, 1857 ,351
Poles, 221, 1876 Socialists, 673,29S;
Volsparte, 1881; Guelphs, l0,7l2;
Danes, IL, $50, and Alsatisns, 1888, 1866.
There is a general stagnation in bust
ne,s. Bourse speculation is dormant.
The Bourse does not approve OF the
budget proposal to provide 155, 500, 900
marks by 81 per cent. loan. Finan.
cial houses have urged the govern
ment to pay per cent. on the ennis
siop, ss new loan at 81 per cent.
Won cause further depreciation in
The existing 81 per cent. bonds,
whereas the issuing OF 4 per cent.
bonds would strengthen the money
market and interest investors in home
securities in preference to thoss OF for
eign countries Since the loan was
announced P. ussiau Al per cent.
bonds have fallen from l0S marks to
"a marks.
THE AFFLIoTIoN OF THE CROWN PRINCE.
Circles discredit the rumors that
Crown Prince Frederick Wiliams's
throat affection is OF a cancerous
nature. The Crown Prince has been
greatly bent fitted by his visit to Ems.
He will shortly 90 to K ssinRen to
tske the waters there. The Grown
Princess is going 10 Amsterdam for
the purpose of undergoing a course
OF massage treatment.
Tbs palace at Kiel has been pre-.
pared as
TEE RESIDENCE OF PRINCE HENRY
and Princess Irene after their mar.
riage. During the visit OF the Queen
OF S,xony to Brussels, marriage was
arranged between Prince Baudouin,
eldest son of the Count OF Flander',
and nephew of King Leopold, and
Princess Mathilda. eldest daughter Of
Priuce George, Duke OF Saxony, aud
niece of King Albert /, OF Ssxony.
On the Sd of June, when Prince
Bsudoun will attain his majority,
King Leopold will proclaim him heir
to thu throne oi:Belgiun, with the title
Of Duke of Brsbant.
GEN. BLUMENTHAL Is EXPECTED TO
SHORTLY RETIRE N
from sctive service. Although adj
vanced in years he was considered as
the successor of Gen. Won Moltke,
but his health has recently become en-
feebled. A committee Of the Austrian
Herrsn Hauss, after a prolonged de-
bate on q motion made by Herr
Schmeiling on
THE USE OF OTHER LANGUAGES THAN
GERMAN
in official documents, has approved
resolution of the Centrists that the use
of other languages is not illegal. At
the same time the committee recon-
mends that tina government maintain
German ss the language in which all
documents relating to internal admin
istIa!ion and the law courts shall be
written.
AN ART EXHIBITION WILL BE HKLD AT
VIENNA
in 1888 to celebrate the fortieth ami
We 'sary OF E Emperor Francis Joseph's
accession to the throne. 1t is intend
ed to show the development Of art in
the Austrian dominions during the
Emperor's reign. A committee OF
Vienna artists will have charge Of the
exhibition.
DR.. Weigel, a prominent member OF
the Reichstag, who was associated
wi h the formation Of the German
Chamber of Commerce, is dead at
Cassel.